Effect of Educational Intervention on Road Safety Awareness and Practice among Medical Students in Chennai-A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Road transport is predisposing people to the risk of road accidents, injuries and fatalities.Road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.24 million deaths worldwide, of which India alone accounted for 73%.This study was conducted to determine the improvement in the awareness of road safety measures post educational intervention.Methods:

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Enucleation Induces Parvalbumin and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, but Not Calbindin D28k Protein Expression in Superior Colliculus of Wistar Rats

Background: It is known that eye enucleation causes various morphological and functional alterations in the central nervous system (CNS).The purpose of this study was to examine the sub-chronic effects of monocular enucleation on the distribution of the calcium binding proteins calbindin D28k (CB) and parvalbumin (PV) as well as the glial fibrillar

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